Geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopic systematics of Ediacaran-Ordovician, sedimentary and bimodal igneous rocks in the western Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico: Evidence for rifting on the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean

Lithos

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 155-167

  Ortega Obregon, Carlos ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Keppie, J Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acatlan Complex; Geochemistry; Ordovician; Rheic Ocean; Southern Mexico

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; LITHOSPHERE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; PARTIAL MELTING; QUARTZITE; RIFTING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 71549120671     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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